Hay carrier



J. G. MAYER.`

HAY CARRIER. APPLICATION FILED FEB, 2|, 1921.

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7 May" lNvENT'oR J M7@ BY my fi WIT" s ATTORNEY J. G. IVIAYER.

- HAY CARRIER. APPLxcAIloN FILED FEB.21. 1921.

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Application filed February 2l, 1921. Serial No. 446,695,

To @ZZ whom t may concern." j.

Be `it known that l, JoHN (if. Marmi, a citizen ot the United States, residing at Mil- Waulee,l in the county ot Milwaukee and State oi lVisconsin, have invented nenT and useful improvements in Hay Carriers, of Which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to hay carriers suoli as illustrated in my Patent #1,342,341, and wherein use is made of a normally horizontal platform susceptible of tilting movement in either direction.

The chief characteristic oit the present invention resides in the novel construction of means tor normally holding` the platform in a horizontal position, and automatically returning the platform to the position subsequent to being tilted.

More specifically stated, the platform is equipped adjacent each corner with a counter-balancing` weight, these Weights being' associated with levers `which are connected to the platform in a manner to normally hold the latter horizontally and to return it to a horizontal position after being tilted.

In the drawings forming part or' this application like numerals oi reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and wherein:

Figure "l is a vie'w in elevation showing the normal position of the platform.V

lFigure 2 is a similar view showing the tilted position of the platform.

Figure 3 is a plan vieiv.

Figure il is a detail view ot one of the levers and counter-balancing Weights.

Referring` to the drawings in detail, l() indicates the rails oi' the track upon which the hay carriage is mounted for movement. The hay7 carriage comprises a Wheeled yframe il upon which is pivotally mounted a platform l2, the latter being susceptible of tilting movement toward either side of the frame ll. Any suitable means may be emnloyed for moving the trame over the rails ot the track.y suchas for instance the means disclosed in my above mentioned patent. `While the platform may be mounted for pivotal movement in any desired manner, I preferably utilize the mechanism shown in my above mentioned patent, and which means embodies a pair of spaced arms 16 pivoted at their lower end as at 177 upon the Wheel trame. Each of the arms 16 is provided with a notch 18 at a point adjacent the free end to receive a stud 19v projecting` fromthe adjacent end oi" the platform. This construction obviously provides for the pivotal mounting of the platform which can be tilted from either side of the carriage as above stated. Each of the arms is connected with one end of a horizontally disposed bolt 2th and the corresponding or adjacent eX- tremities or' these bolts are oiiset as at 2l. 'and connected together through the instrumentality ot a bar 22 havingslots 2B tor the reception oi' the offset extremity 2l ot said bolts. Thesel bolts also slide through the Openings in the guiding elements 24 mounted upon the Wheel `frame as shoivn. coil spring 25 encircles each bolt having one end bearing against the adjacent guide and the opposite end bearing against the arm 16. The spring 25 functions to maintain the arm i6 in a position wherein studs 19 are received by the notches 18. Maniicstly by this disposition oi' parts the platform is normally held in a horizontal position. si bar 2G is arranged at each side o1c the carriage and connects the arms 16 in pairs so that the corresponding arms at the opposite sides ot the carriage are tripped in unison, any suitable means being employed tor trippingthe arms, preferably the means illustrated in my patent above mentioned.

For automaticall,v returning the platform from a tilted to its normal horizontal position, use is made oi a plurality ot pivoted levers 30, there being` one of these levers arranged adjacent each corner ot the platform and pivoted as at 3l.v The counter-balancing .veight 32 is carried by the outer end ot each lever, While a link is pivoted to the platform as at and also operatively associated with the acent end of the lever S0, providing a connection between the lever and the platform. Consequently `when the platfornris tilted at one end o'l the Wheeled tramea the pair of these levers moved upon their pivot elevating` the counter-balancing Weight 32.r and when the platform is relieved of its Weight the same levers and counter-balancing; Weight function to automatically return 'the platform to its normal position.

Wvhile it is believed that from t-he 'foregoing description the nature and advantages of the invention Will be readily apparent, l desire to have it understood that I do not limit myself to what is herein shown lll) and described and that such changes may be resorted to when desired as fall Within the scope ont' What lis claiined.

W hat I claim is:

i hay carrier comprising a wheeled-traine, a platform mounted thereon 'for pivotal movement, means tor normally holding the platform horizontally, means for releasing said platform and permitting the saine to assume an inclined position, a lever projectingfrom each corner of the platform and arranged obliquely with respect to the latter, each lever having a plurality of notches, a counter-balancing Weight carried by each lever, and including` a yoke-adapted to be received by said notches, whereby said Weight is adjustable longitudinally of the lever, and a plurality of llnks pivotally connected `with the platform and operatively associated with said levers, whereby the plat- 20 forni is automatically returned to normal position subsequent to being tilted. y

In testimony whereof l aiiix 1n signature.

JOHNG. lIAYER. 

